Local endorsements and county campaign notes in Maine
A summary of political slate items includes names for county offices such as Representative James B Patsten and Treasurer Charles L Davis, plus Sheriff Lem Willis and others. The piece discusses subscription rates for The Times, local election quarrels, party tensions, and Maine liquor and prohibition issues with broad, reflective commentary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James B. Patsten
Charles L. Davis
LEM
Willis
A. F. Estabrook
1Ist
Tacob Billman
William Schaeffer
William Joyce
Old Senate House of Kingston Sells at Auction
The 1777 Senate House on Clinton Avenue Kingston New York sold at auction. Built by Col. Wessell Ten Broeck in 1676 it is the oldest public building in the United States with stone front walls two feet thick and brick rear walls imported from Holland. The oaken beams and structure are in pristine preservation. It housed New York’s first legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate House
Clinton Avenue
Kingston
New York
United States
Col
Wessell Ten Broeck
Holland
Mexico
National Bank of Monte
Europe
Duck Hill
Mississippi
Ienry White
Blaine
Minnesota
Texas
Maryland
Oregon
Rhottle Island
Arthur
Edmunds
Ida Lewis
Goat Island
Moses Fraley
St. Louis
Chicago
Joseph Fifer
Bloomington
Norace Clark
Mattoon
Wr. Calhoun
Danville
Southern Illinois
James A. Connolly
Treasury
Vermont
J. Gregory Smith
Redfield Proctor
Frederick Billings
B.S. Starris
Lincoln
Virginia
Wittsburg
Dillon
Daily
Buffalo
James Maxwell
Harrisonville
John Loffern
Allen Ingalls
Cincinnati
Ile
Iie
Elkton
Joseph Kirby
Kirby
Treving
Monterey
Diaz
Ibenavides
Trevino
Gonzales
Ted Bhiff
Manitoba Farmers’ Union
Manitoba
San Francisco
Santa Fe
Secific
Medicine Lodge
Kansas
Gepper
President Payne
Clem Davis
Richland County, & C
Clem
Iowa
Internal Revenue
Davenport
Simpson
Dubuque
Missouri Pacific Road
United States Supreme Court
William Mellagh
Sixth Street
Court House
Union V Pacific Road
Omaha
Council Bluffs
Clark
Produce Exchange of New York
Chiumeey A. Depew
India
Grant
Senate Finance Committee
Sherman
House Judiciary Committee
Chicago Public Library
Dearborn Park
Pacific Railroads
William Pitt Kellogg
Washington
Wylie
George Bliss
William Ker
District of Columbia
Mineral Belt Railroad Company
Arizona
Connolly
Senate
Culfom
Lilinvisan
F. A. Muhlenbureg
House of Representatives
Pennsylvania
Capitol
John W. Elder
Gen. Keifer
Keifer-Bornton
Emory
St. Johns
Chancker
Arctic
Greely
County Education Board Adopts New Textbooks for All County Schools
The County Board of Education met May 1 at the County Superintendent's office with some township trustees absent. W H Poston was elected Secretary. The board approved Ray's New Arithmetic Eclectic Geographies Harvey's Revised Grammars and Dalton's Physiology for six years and set teacher wage rules based on department and license averages. The enumeration report was to be completed.
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County Board of Education
Sullivan
Shelburn
Carlisle
Merom
Yarmersburg
Atl
Sup
J. Marlow
W. H. Poston
Gill Township
Ray
Harvey
Dalton
Fisherman Squire Gray and a Providence lecture outing
A wagon load from Graysville went to Providence for Rev. Burton’s lecture. John McCrory hunted seven foxes last Saturday and dug out three. John Bailey reports Antelope Valley colonists satisfied. H Lt Jones from the town staked a Niobrara bank claim five miles from the railroad. Chas Weir’s westward stroll ends with his horse missing after a late visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Squire Gray
Graysville
Providence
Burton
John McCrory
John Bailey
Antelope Valley
H. Lt. Jones
Niobrara
Chas. Weir
Nemo
Local Notes From Pittsburg and Nearby Towns
Pittsburg reports Buckalow moving to Dugger and Everhart prospecting in Kansas. North builds a barn for Hill, Ford visits Illinois, Scott home from Sullivan, Wallis and Powell in Terre Haute. Railsback chosen as teacher with no opposition. Nead at Pleasantville in military work. Marriage arrives with Dr J S Hinkle and Sammie Vanarsdal Fach. well wishes from Srranon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Buckalow
Dugger
Alex Everhart
Kansas
Joe North
John W. Hill
Flora Ford
Illinois
Jessie Scott
Sullivan
Ella Wallis
Bettie Powell
Terre Haute
R. VY. Railsback
Mary Nead
Pleasantville
Scruuigvan Odd Club Elects Officers and Honors Members
The Scruuigvan club meeting at Owen Davis's office elected Owen Davis president, William H. Burks clerk and treasurer, named Massie and others in key roles, and installed Jas. Burks as grand superintendent. Honorary members, including Webster Barnard and several Mrs. Burks, were named for the year. The group adjourned to meet May 13, 1884 to celebrate the club's first anniversary and install officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scruuigvan, Inc
Owen Davis
William H. Burks
William A. Massie
Mark M. Farley
Jas. Burks
Webster Barnard
Lou Barnard
Lizzie Burks
Lizzie Stratton
Lizzie Deckard
Mollie Massie
Allie Burks
Mary T. Farley
James Burks
B S Ford steamer burned at Charlestown wharf
The steamer B S Ford valued at 175000 dollars was burned at its Charlestown Maryland wharf. The loss includes the vessel and contents with reports noting the fire's rapid spread and potential cause under investigation.
Rates and acts in Congress on rivers harbors and land sales
Secretary Folger calls for 3 percent bonds up to 10 million dollars while river and harbor leaders seek a 500000 dollar Nennepin canal addition. 1883 land entries cash and acreages rise, public debt falls, and various committees advance or oppose measures including a Michigan soldiers home and a Chicago library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Folger
House Committee On Rivers and Harbors
Nennepin Canal
House Military Committee
Michigan
Wie
Committee On Rivers and Harbors
Mississippi
Missouri
Senate and House Debates on Tariff and Public Works
Across May 1 to May 6 the Senate and House debated shipping bills and free shipbuilding material admission to American registry. They discussed a Detroit public building, Potomac bridge, and coinage suspensions while votes favored a Chinese immigration act amendment and a tariff bill outcome with Reed and Randall opposing tinkering with tariffs.
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Senate
Groton Central
Willamette River
Montana
Beck
West
Frye
Fitz John Porter
Lake Union
Puget Sound
Washington Territory
Cine
United States
England
Key West
Wyoming
Secretary of the Interior
Colorado
Estes Park Company
van Wyck
Afr
Plumb
District of Columbia
House
Judson Kilpatrick
Detroit
Potomac
Vance
Secretary of War
Messrs
Hewitt Warner
Culbertson
Millikin
Dingley
Cutcheon
Eaton
Morrison
Jlanmond
Messrs. Cox and
Springer
DM. Deuster
Henley
Pacific States
Rice
San Francisco
Garfield Hospital
Budd
Iitt
China
O’ferrali
Virginia
Arkansas
Ma, Weller
Reagan
Randall
Notable Obituaries and World News Notes
Baron Raglan dies in London as son of Crimean War hero. Empress Anna dies in Prague at 59. Colonel Frazier summoned from Cairo to report on Egyptian army. Zorilla ordered to leave France, will comply. Queen Victoria allows German photographer to photograph royal descendants. Wikoff’s Brighton death headlines gossip abroad. Buenos Aires reports brutal rain flood harming villages and cattle. Russian envoys seek Baku to Resht railroad concession with no reply. Michael Davitt leaves politics for Australia amid land-nationalization dispute. Russia seeks large loan for railways, claims higher offer. Davitt declines quarrel with Parnell and tours Australia. Spanish troops in Rarsice cut telegraph and Gerona bridge. Spain asks France to tighten supervision of rebels interned there.
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Anna
Ferdinand IV
Austria
Prague
Frazier
London
Cairo
Zorvilla
Buenos Ayres
Russia
Teheran
Baku
Resht
Michael Davitt
Parnell
Australia
Rarsice
Gerona
France
Trial by Jury a Failure or a Success?
Nels Ingersoll works on a magazine piece titled is Trial by Jury a Failure. The note mentions Bob's cases as a great success and a quip about The Missing Link being missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nels Ingersoll
Bob
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Princeton College
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Charles Friess
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Charles Tupper
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Jesse James
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